Project Outline:

I) Question I will investigate:

What causes some people to interpret religion in extreme ways?
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How does religion help people achieve higher consciousness?

2) At least four high quality sources, including samples quotes, that I plan to use in my project:

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

“Music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it.” - Joshua Bell

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3) A sample of some of the analysis and/or larger ideas that I plan to communicate through my project:

Humans have an inherent desire to find deeper meaning but this quest sometimes causes them to embrace destructive ideas.